Litigation
Nov. 27, 2014
Attorney ordered to pay $1.5M in punitive damages in construction defect row
Construction defect attorney Fred Adelman must pay about $1.5 million in punitive damages to the builder and broker of his Brentwood home, a jury decided Tuesday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Construction defect attorney Fred Adelman must pay about $1.5 million in punitive damages to the builder and broker of his Brentwood home, a jury decided Tuesday.
On Monday, the same jury decided there was "clear and convincing evidence" Adelman intentionally misrepresented a fact related to a promissory note between him and his home builder, Ron Arrache, which opened the doo...
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